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karen attempts to commit credit card fraud using her mother's card, employee claps back but the entitled karen tries again the next day

‘Get bent, Janet’: Hotel customer attempts to rent a room with absent mother's credit card, employee flags her but she tries again the next day

'I've learned my lesson…': Employee finishes assigned work early, boss finds out and sends employee to a different state to complete other's tasks, leading to a dispute when they return

'I've learned my lesson…': Employee finishes assigned work early, boss finds out and sends employee to a different state to complete other's tasks, leading to a dispute when they return

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Boss tries to stall and not pay after tricking employee to agree to a bonus instead of a raise: 'I agreed to no salary increase, in exchange for receiving a large bonus in late summer'

'That's not a valid excuse': Employee calls in sick only to discover boss wrote them up for 'no call no show', employee reports manager to HR in response

'That's not a valid excuse': Employee calls in sick only to discover boss wrote them up for 'no call no show', they reports manager to HR in response

Boss announces employee's departure at company meeting despite employee fully staying there: 'Everyone was asking where I'm going'

Boss announces employee's departure at company meeting despite employee fully staying there: 'Everyone was asking where I'm going'

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Company sends warning emails to employees who are ‘mouse jiggling’ instead of working, causing employees to look for other ways to avoid work: ‘I hope they are bluffing'

Company sends warning emails to employees who are ‘mouse jiggling’ instead of working, causing employees to look for other ways to avoid work: ‘I hope they are bluffing'

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Micromanager demands workers track all actions, they drown him in endless data: 'The real data was also there, but it was practically unusable'

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Guest contacts hotel demanding cancelled reservation, but their story keeps changing becoming increasingly unbelievable: 'I tell him no. That is against policy as per my manager'

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'We're praying for you but you're fired': 17-year-old gets fired from first job for not personally calling in sick after getting admitted to the hospital

'We're praying for you but you're fired': 17-year-old gets fired from first job for not personally calling in sick after getting admitted to the hospital

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Employee gets marked down despite following written process after their boss doesn't reply for 30 minutes: 'I'm gonna end up getting myself fired'

entitled boomer co-worker harasses woman who just got back from maternity leave, says the government and she should not be paying for pregnant women to take extensive time off

‘I'm literally not anyone's enemy because I had a baby’: Woman comes back from maternity leave to a sour boomer co-worker harassing her about taking the time off, HR gets involved

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'A new hire got a promotion over me. I'm lost as what to do': Employee gets passed over for promotion because they're too valuable in their current role

'Got fired 4 hours into my first day': Karen coworker gets new warehouse employee booted for working too slowly

'Got fired 4 hours into my first day': Karen coworker gets new warehouse employee booted for working too slowly

'What do you think you're doing? You're not one of the big shots': Employee books expensive flight to abide by stingy boss's travel rule

'What do you think you're doing? You're not one of the big shots': Employee books expensive flight to abide by stingy boss's travel rule

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Guy gets fired because company ran out of computers for him: 'They [fired me] to save...$4,500...at a company that makes BILLIONS of dollars'

Guy gets fired because company ran out of computers for him: 'They [fired me] to save...$4,500...at a company that makes BILLIONS of dollars'

Employee's WFH privileges are revoked without warning, is told by apathetic boss that senior employees with families take WFH priority

‘I should’ve never fallen into the trap’: Entitled boss revokes employee's WFH privileges because it's simply more convenient for her, sparks feud in a 1:1 meeting resulting in tears

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Employee of 37 years gets a $58k offer from a rival company, and their employer suddenly finds room for a 12% raise the moment they start considering leaving

Employee of 37 years gets a $58k offer from a rival company, and their employer suddenly finds room for a 12% raise the moment they start considering leaving

Tenant changes Wi-Fi password to block freeloading neighbor, he guesses the new one and offers to split the bill: '[It was your dog’s name with 123 at the end]'

Tenant changes Wi-Fi password to block freeloading neighbor, he guesses the new one and offers to split the bill: '[It was your dog’s name with 123 at the end]'

Airbnb host demands guest pay for locksmith services after they get locked outside their room in the middle of the night, guest refuses: ‘It wasn't my fault’

Airbnb host demands guest pay for locksmith services after they get locked outside their room in the middle of the night, guest refuses: ‘It wasn't my fault’

Landlord confronts loud resident after getting complaints from neighbors, leading resident to go door-to-door, demanding to know who filed the complaint: ‘I denied it was me’

Landlord confronts loud resident after getting complaints from neighbors, leading resident to go door-to-door, demanding to know who filed the complaint: ‘I denied it was me’

Georgia employee calls out Nevada company that hired him, then fired him before Day 1 just as he arrived: 'Completely unacceptable from the hiring team'

Georgia employee calls out Nevada company that hired him, then fired him before Day 1 just as he arrived: 'Completely unacceptable from the hiring team'

Pennsylvania warehouse employee reports safety issue, then gets job title quietly changed by HR as punishment: 'I never signed anything'

Pennsylvania warehouse employee reports safety issue, then gets job title quietly changed by HR as punishment: 'I never signed anything'

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